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Wantsum-Black Pig 4.8%abv. Described as an Imperial Russian Porter, whatever that might be.Bible black,lasting white head.Dry, dried fruit.I haven't been greatly impressed with Wantsum beers in the past, but this was good,taken in Larkins' Alehouse which is a boon to ale drinkers in my part of Kent.

"At that moment I would have given a kingdom, not for champagne or hock and soda, or hot coffee but for a glass of beer" Marquess Curzon of Kedlestone, Viceroy of India.

The RIPA is described as a black IPA which still seems a contradiction to me but it tasted like a very good porter. The Illumination is on the pale side of BBB, 4.8% and without being exceptional is a very good quaffing pint.

As the Mosaic Pale has been nominated several times, I'll give it to the Soul Saver. Unfortunately, there is very little info available on this beer and I didn't take any notes at the time. The beer that got everybody talking though was Smoke on the Water. The common concensus, in Harry's Bar, was that it tasted of jugged kippers!

'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.

The Deya was a robust breakfast porter taken in SE15's Beer Shop and more than made up for the rather lacklustre service. The wonderfully-named Juice Springsteen was a tropical IPA taken in the even more wonderfully-named Four Hundred Rabbits a few doors down from Beer Shop and not currently on this website. A craft kegger with a balanced combination of hops, fruit and alcohol hit. I'm a sucker for a dark beer however, so there's a predictable winner this week: